What Does John McCain Have to Do to Get Some Attention from You Twerps? Name a Vice President?
As noted, Barack Obama's Middle Eastern adventure has been the most exciting thing ever for members of the news media. Meanwhile, poor John McCain is stuck here at home, desperately trying to get someone, anyone, to give him some coverage.
Robert Novak to the rescue with a 52-word blog post that set McCain up for as much press attention as he wants…
Sources close to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign are suggesting he will reveal the name of his vice presidential selection this week while Sen. Barack Obama is getting the headlines on his foreign trip. The name of McCain's running mate has not been disclosed, but Mitt Romney has led the speculation recently.
Whoa! Hey! The veepstakes! The veepstakes are heating up! Ahhhhh! Ball's in your court, Sen. McCain, sir…
The McCain campaign had its tongue planted in its cheek with the response: "We have no announcements today," said Brooke Buchanan, a close McCain aide.
The schedule certainly keeps the possibility open for later in the week. McCain will hold a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday afternoon—a state he won in both the 2000 and the 2008 primaries. He's also headed to a trio of high-profile swing states.
And then there's the news of the private meetings with the names of folks topping the shortlist. Reports surfaced that McCain has met with former rival Rudy Giuliani and will meet later this week with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
That is one cleverly-crafted menu of media bait, for sure. Now the press has no reason to skimp on coverage of McCain's events this week.
To get to the bottom of the buzz, [McCain's] traveling press corps rushed the plane Monday evening. A group of reporters reached beyond the curtain that divides its seating area from McCain and his campaign.
"Go away!" laughed Mark Salter, a senior aide.
"What do you want you little jerks?" McCain said.
…well, I guess they have one reason.
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Mark: do you mean Paul Simon the politician or Paul Simon the singer?
I think McCain should pick Paul Simon as his VP. Imagine.
LOL, He is one big Gaff this election season. There is one site I go to to see all his gaffs they have a video line up of most of em. Its
http://www.mccanes.com < Videos of all of McCains Gaffs., also new video of McCain falling asleep on Conan Obrien.
They just put the video of him falling asleep on the conan Obrien show. I laughed pretty hard. Cant believe the news hasnt covered this more. I found another site that has all of the Romney attack videos, The videos Romney used to attack McCain during the primary. It would be a huge mistake to pick a romney VP. Theres a video of Romney saying McCain is dishonest. Wow. A Romney VP would be a Present with a Big Bow on it for the DNC. the site with the Romney attack ads is
http://www.hotpres.com <Romney attack ads on McCain, Video of Romney Calling mccain dishonest.
I wonder how many Gaffs McCain would have if he became pres.?
Yeah, this trip to the Mideast was a pretty inspired stunt on the Obama campaign's part. I don't know whether the media is biased in Obama's favor or not, but they're definitely biased in favor of "sensational," and let's face it, this is more exciting than debates over economic downturns.
If economics is his weakness, take the same tack as Obama. Why not have him spend a week living in the places in America wors-hit by the economic crisis? He could spend one night in a homeless shelter, one in low-income housing, one on the streets. He can prove he knows the poor in this country aren't whiners by meeting them face-to-face. It'll be new, exciting, and give something for the media to buzz about.
Just don't do it while Obama's in the Mideast. The media's a little busy fangirling right now.
Other McCain plans to steal Obama's thunder that will be unveiled this week:
(1)McCain sits down for a live chat session with the cast of Big Brother 10 to prove his Internet savvy (fireworks explode when he gives away the secret alliances!)
(2)An open mic picks up George W. Bush saying to Condi, "Did you see McCain the other day talking down to oilmen with this global warming crap? I wanted to stuff his f-ing nuts up his ass."